At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality assurance and testing for a complex enterprise platform.
- Company: Join the Government Services Integration Cluster in Toronto.
- Benefits: Competitive hourly rate of $77, collaborative team environment.
- Other info: Onsite role with potential for contract extension.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on public sector digital solutions.
- Qualifications: Experience in end-to-end testing and automation tools required.
The predicted salary is between 77 - 77 $ per hour.
The Government Services Integration Cluster (Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement) is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to lead quality assurance and testing activities for a complex enterprise platform. Working closely with product teams, developers, architects, DevOps engineers, and ministry partners, the successful candidate will drive end-to-end testing across a broad spectrum of test types to ensure reliable, high-quality platform releases.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain comprehensive test strategies, plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, data sets, and completion reports.
- Execute manual and automated testing across enterprise platform capabilities and integrations.
- Develop and maintain UI, API, service, and database test automation frameworks and scripts.
- Conduct functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing.
- Coordinate test environments, accounts, tools, test data, and supporting resources to ensure test readiness.
- Establish and maintain requirements traceability matrices and test-coverage reporting dashboards.
- Lead defect triage sessions and monitor defects through identification, prioritization, resolution, retesting, and closure.
- Validate accessibility, security, performance, reliability, and integration requirements against approved quality criteria.
- Report quality indicators, testing progress, outstanding defects, and residual release risks to stakeholders.
- Provide evidence-based release-readiness assessments and recommendations on production readiness.
- Help establish repeatable testing practices and automation that improve coverage, reliability, and delivery confidence.
Must-Have Requirements
- Demonstrated experience planning and executing end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions.
- Proven experience conducting functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, and user acceptance testing.
- Hands-on experience automating UI, API, service, or database tests using industry-standard automation tools and frameworks.
- Experience testing cloud-based applications, microservices architectures, and system integrations across multiple platforms.
- Ability to coordinate business and technical teams effectively during testing cycles and defect resolution activities.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Prior experience working within the Ontario Public Service (OPS) or broader public sector environment.
This is a fully onsite role based at 222 Jarvis St., 5th Floor, Toronto, with 5 days per week in the office required. No security clearance is required for this engagement. The role operates within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment involving product owners, analysts, architects, developers, and DevOps engineers.
Final role details, responsibilities, and terms will be confirmed with shortlisted candidates. Compensation may vary based on experience. Errors and omissions excepted.
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